Man on probation for lewd and lascivious molestation is arrested

Published: Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 3:56 p.m.

Last Modified: Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 3:56 p.m.

A man placed on probation for 15 years after being convicted last summer of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child between the ages of 12 and 16 was arrested again Wednesday.

Richard David Cheshire, 35, who also is known as Brandon David Rich, was charged with violation of probation for several infractions.

Court documents show that earlier this month Cheshire visited Alachua and Sumter counties without a travel permit after being forbidden to leave Marion County without permission from parole and probation officers.

As part of his probation, Cheshire was fitted with an electronic monitoring device. The device showed that on Jan. 5 he went to Alachua County at 8:36 a.m. and returned to Marion County at 9:30 a.m.

Cheshire claimed he accidentally traveled to Alachua County to attend a garage sale and was not aware he had entered another county, the report noted.

Two days later, the device showed that he entered Sumter County at 6:53 a.m. and returned to Marion County at 3:23 p.m.

Last month, Cheshire applied for his probationary supervision to be transferred to California, but the request was denied because he had not completed a psychosexual evaluation that was a requirement of his probation.

Authorities discovered in late November that Cheshire was in possession of a laptop and was accessing the Internet. He told investigators he did not remember he could not go on the Internet and had borrowed the laptop from a friend.

After assessing all the infractions, an arrest warrant was issued Jan. 11.

In early August 2010, Cheshire was arrested by Detective Mark Peavy for the sex offense after a 14-year-old boy reported that Cheshire touched him inappropriately.

Cheshire met the teen at a store and asked if he would like to go to his Ocklawaha home so they could play video games. While there, the juvenile said, Cheshire offered him marijuana and he smoked it, as well as alcohol, which the minor said he did not like after tasting it, according to reports. The boy said he fell asleep in Cheshire's room and the man made sexual advances and touched his private area.

Cheshire denied the allegation.

In August 2012, he was adjudicated guilty and sentenced to the 15 years of probation.

<p>A man placed on probation for 15 years after being convicted last summer of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child between the ages of 12 and 16 was arrested again Wednesday.</p><p>Richard David Cheshire, 35, who also is known as Brandon David Rich, was charged with violation of probation for several infractions.</p><p>Court documents show that earlier this month Cheshire visited Alachua and Sumter counties without a travel permit after being forbidden to leave Marion County without permission from parole and probation officers.</p><p>As part of his probation, Cheshire was fitted with an electronic monitoring device. The device showed that on Jan. 5 he went to Alachua County at 8:36 a.m. and returned to Marion County at 9:30 a.m.</p><p>Cheshire claimed he accidentally traveled to Alachua County to attend a garage sale and was not aware he had entered another county, the report noted.</p><p>Two days later, the device showed that he entered Sumter County at 6:53 a.m. and returned to Marion County at 3:23 p.m.</p><p>Last month, Cheshire applied for his probationary supervision to be transferred to California, but the request was denied because he had not completed a psychosexual evaluation that was a requirement of his probation.</p><p>Authorities discovered in late November that Cheshire was in possession of a laptop and was accessing the Internet. He told investigators he did not remember he could not go on the Internet and had borrowed the laptop from a friend.</p><p>After assessing all the infractions, an arrest warrant was issued Jan. 11.</p><p>In early August 2010, Cheshire was arrested by Detective Mark Peavy for the sex offense after a 14-year-old boy reported that Cheshire touched him inappropriately.</p><p>Cheshire met the teen at a store and asked if he would like to go to his Ocklawaha home so they could play video games. While there, the juvenile said, Cheshire offered him marijuana and he smoked it, as well as alcohol, which the minor said he did not like after tasting it, according to reports. The boy said he fell asleep in Cheshire's room and the man made sexual advances and touched his private area.</p><p>Cheshire denied the allegation.</p><p>In August 2012, he was adjudicated guilty and sentenced to the 15 years of probation.</p><p><I>Contact Austin L. Miller at 867-4118 or austin.miller@starbanner.com.</i></p>